Changes between two versions

What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

From · draft committee report· 30 Jun 2025

on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/691 as regards support to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring

To · plenary report· 8 Dec 2025

A-10-2025-0251

AI:What changed, in short

Extends EGF support to workers in enterprises undergoing restructuring, including suppliers and downstream producers, with a focus on SMEs and disadvantaged groups.1 2 4 5 Adds flexibility for applications in small labour markets and exceptional cases, with a 15% cap and a 40% budget reservation for displaced workers.9 10 20 Strengthens social partner involvement and consultation, and extends the deadline for enterprise requests to four weeks.12 13 15 17 Adds reporting and assessment requirements, including a 20-working-day extension for Commission assessments and new reporting on beneficiary outcomes.14 18 19 20 The other changes are formal: a budgetary assessment is added as an annex.21

20 changes of substance · 1 formal · 0 of wording only

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+80 added · −20 removed · 7 changed paragraphs, packaging included.

Part 2 of 4: Paragraphs 61–114

Change 13

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 5: 5. If requested by the enterprise or the workers' representative, the Member State concerned shall provide guidance to the enterprise throughout the application procedure.

Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b, Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c: (c) ‘For the beneficiaries referred to in Article 6, first paragraph, point (c), the coordinated package may include training and retraining, supplementing existing forms of support available under national measures or requirements under collective agreements, tailored to the individual worker’s needs, including on skills required for a resource-efficient and sustainable economy, information and communication technology and other skills required in the digital age, certification of acquired knowledge and skills, individual job-search assistance services and targeted group activities, occupational guidance, advisory services, mentoring, outplacement assistance, entrepreneurship promotion and cooperation activities. It may not include short-time work schemes;

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Change 14

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 6: 6. If requested by the applicant Member State, the Commission shall provide guidance to the Member State throughout the application procedure, including by providing centralised templates and guidance on State aid rules.

Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b, Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2: Where the Commission is unable to meet that deadline, it shall inform the Member State before that deadline explaining the reasons for the delay and setting a new date to complete its assessment. That new date shall be no later than 20 working days after the deadline under the first subparagraph;

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Change 15

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1: Based on the information provided by the applicant Member State, the Commission shall complete its assessment of the application’s compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution within 30 working days of the receipt of the complete application or, where applicable, of the translation of the application. That assessment shall include a summary of the adequacy of the consultation process and the proposed training measures.

Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 1: 1. Enterprises undergoing restructuring may request the Member State concerned to submit an application for a financial contribution from the EGF, if the intervention criteria set out in Article 4(2), point (d) are met, and if the enterprise wishes to offer EGF-co-financed assistance to those parts of its workforce affected by imminent job displacement, in line with Article 6, first paragraph, point (c). Such a request shall be submitted by the enterprise within four weeks of the date on which it had notified the public authorities in writing of the projected collective redundancies in accordance with Article 3(1) of Directive 98/59/EC.

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Change 16

Removed:~~Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 10 – introductory part: 10. An application shall be based on centralised templates and shall contain the following information:~~

Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 2: 2. All Member States shall designate a Single Entry Point to which enterprises can direct requests referred to in paragraph 1. If applicable, this Single Entry Point may be established in such a way as to take national divisions of competence into account. The Commission shall publish relevant guidelines and standardised templates in coordination with the Member States. The information collected from these templates shall cover all the information necessary for a financial contribution application from the EGF as set out in paragraph 10.

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Change 17

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 10 – point a: (a) the identification of the enterprise concerned, and, if applicable, the identification of any suppliers or downstream users concerned;

Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 5: 5. If requested by the enterprise or the workers' representatives, the Member State concerned shall provide guidance and support to the enterprise throughout the application procedure taking the size and the administrative capacity of the enterprise into account. In the case of microenterprises and SMEs, their limited administrative capacity shall be taken into account and Member States should provide enhanced technical support for preparation of the application.

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Change 18

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 10 – point ca (new): (ca) if applicable, a reasoned analysis provided by suppliers or downstream users detailing the direct and causal link between the companies included in the collective application, including the connection between the main jobs affected by displacement and those affected in their suppliers or downstream users;

Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 6: 6. If requested by the applicant Member State, the Commission shall provide guidance to the Member State throughout the application procedure, including by providing standardised templates and guidance on State aid rules applicable to the specific restructuring case.

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Change 19

Removed:~~Articla 8a – paragraph 10 – point d~~

Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1: Based on the information provided by the applicant Member State, the Commission shall complete its assessment of the application’s compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution within 30 working days of the receipt of the complete application or, where applicable, of the translation of the application. That assessment shall evaluate the adequacy of the consultation process referred to in Article 7(4) of this Regulation and of the coordinated package.

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9: (d) a confirmation that the enterprise has complied and continues to comply with its legal obligations or collective agreements governing those projected redundancies and is providing for its workers accordingly, and a description of the procedures followed by the enterprise for consulting the targeted beneficiaries or their representatives during the entire process, including during the establishment of the coordinated package;

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Change 20

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17, Article 22 – paragraph 4: 4. A beneficiary survey shall be launched during the sixth month after the end of each implementation period. The beneficiary survey shall be open to participation for at least four weeks. Member States shall distribute the beneficiary survey to the beneficiaries, send out at least one reminder and inform the Commission of the distribution and reminder sent. In cases involving assistance implemented by an enterprise to beneficiaries under Article 6, first paragraph, point (c), that enterprise is responsible for distributing the survey prepared by the Commission among the workers and workers' representatives that have participated in the measures. The responses to the beneficiary surveys shall be collated and analysed by the Commission for the use in future evaluations.

Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 8a – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2: Where the Commission is unable to meet that deadline, it shall inform the applicant Member State before that deadline, explaining the reasons for the delay and setting a new date for the completion of its assessment. That new date shall be no later than 20 working days after the deadline under the first subparagraph.